Linotype-machine.



No. 839.484. PATENTED DEG. 25, 1906. 4

L. L. KENNEDY.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.23. 19.06.

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- MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

COMPANY, A CORPORATION OE LINOTYPE-MAci-llive.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed October 28,1906. Serial No. 340.126.

To al?, whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER L. KENNEDY, i

of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of whichthe following is a speciiication.

My invention has reference more particularly to machines of the character re resented in Letters Patent of the Unite States No. 436,532 and generally known under the trademark Linotype, wherein matrices are assembled temporarily inrline and presented to the face of a slotted'rnold to form type characters in relief on the edge of a slug or linotype cast in said mold.

For the printing of tabular matter in which figures are arranged in verticai columns, with blank spaces Or vertical rules between the columns, it is of course necessary that the successive slugs shall have the rules or spaces in like positions, so that they will aline or register when assembled side by side in the form. To this end it is necessary that the successive lines of matrices shall be composed with the blank spaces or the rule-receiving notches in like positions.

The aim of my, invention is to lfacilitate this class of composition and enable the operator at the keyboard to determine the exact time and place at which each space is to be inserted in the line.

To this end it consists in the combination, with line assembling or composing devices, of a gade or indicator by which the location of the different spaces in the line may bedetermined and also `in means whereby the operator may at any instant determine the exact amount which must be added to the composed line' before the introduction of the next succeedin space.,-1-

In the ravvings, Figure 1 is a front elevation Of the composing mechanism of an ordinary linotype-machine withmy improvement applied thereto, the front plates being removed to expose the parts to view. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe same parts. Fig. 3 is a front elevation illustrating the man-ner Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section on the line 4 4, Fig. 1. .J Referrin to the drawings, A represents an inclined be t, upon which the matrices B are ,successively delivered from a magazine by means Vof a finger-key mechanism.

I C is the assembling-elevator, so called, having in its top a horizontal channel to receive the matrices B and sustain them in line side by side.

D is a vertically-revolving star-wheel, which acts upon the descending matrices to deliver them sidewise against the end of the composed line, this wheel serving also to advance the line bodily step 'by step that the successive matrices may enter at the rear end.

E represents a horizontal slide, known as frame and provided at one end with the upturned finger e, which serves as a support and a yielding resistant for the forward end of the matrix-line. This bar is urged constantly to the right' by a spring and is held by alocking- The foregoing parts may all e constructed and arranged to operate in the ordinaryl manner.

gresses it is necessar for the operator to include therein at pre etermined points blank matrices or spaces or spaces adapted to form notches in the slugs, as described in the United States patent to Rogers, No. 791,165.

It is the aim of my invention to indicate to the operator accurately the proper time and points for introducing the spaces. To this end I rovide the assembler-slide E with a stop evice G, adjustable longitudinally thereon and adapted to encounter a stationary stop Hon the maintframe for the purpose of arresting the advance of the assembler-bar and indicating the points at which the spaces are to be inserted in the line. f'

The stop device, as shown, consists of a slide movable along the bar E and containing an eccentric g, having a handle g, by means of which the stop-slide can be instantly released and moved along the bar and resecured in any desired position thereon.

the adjustments of the stop-slide G, I provide `for each job or form a scale or indicator plate I, of a length corresponding to the required slugs and having in the upper edge notches spaced 'according to the `width of the columns in the required table. In other Words, these Ilnotches bearin relation to each other and to the slug positions corresponding to the vertical spaces or rules in the table to be printed.

dog as it advances step by step to the left. Y

As the composition of the matrix-line pro-I the assembler-slide,` mounted in the main Forthe purpose of speedily determining lOO I preferably employ as J gage-plate a slugor linotype produced in the usual Way by manner commonly practiced by printers. Having thus produced the slug 01 gage with the notches or blanks in the locations in Which. they are to appear on subsequent slugs, I secure itl firmlyto` the assemblerslide E by means of a clamp J thereon or by any equivalent means, so that its upper edge Will lie adjacent to the stop G. The stop is provided With a vertically-swinging finger or latch g3, pivoted thereto and adapted to fall into one or another of the notches in the gage-plate I.

In composing a line the operator proceeds as follows: The assembler-slide is returned to its normal position adjacent to the star-Wheel D, the stop-slide G is moved along the bar E, and the finger g3 is seated in 'the first notch at the left of the gage-plate and secured in position on the bar by turningthe eccentric. Composition noW proceeds until lthe stop G encounters the stationary st-,op H, thespace or rule matrix being insertedin the `line at this point. The operator now unlocks the stop G, lifts the latchfrom the notch7 and moves the stop along ,the bar to the right until the latch enters the second notch and until the stop is again locked to the bar and composition continued until the stops are again brought together. This action is repeated until the lineis completed, the stop devices being adjusted for each notch in the gage I. In this manner the operator is enabled `to place the spaces in the exact positions required in the composed line and is also enabled to set the line so that the different measures `therein Will justify exactly atany required points.

-It frequently happens that there is at the' left side of the table a reading-line-or line of reading characters leading inward toward the figures. By means of the mechanism herein shownthe operator isenabledto select the spaces according to Width in such nia-nner that these reading characters' .Will exactly justify or aline in the required positions, and he'can when required'use in the readingdine expansible Wedge spacers -or -justifiers K of the ordinary-form'presentin all Mergentl'raler machines.

"Ineiai 'classes of vwork requiring extreme precision it is'desir'able that the operator'shall -beab'le to determine 'at any vinstant lex'ac'tgnumber of 4umts which must be :added the exact space remaining rtobe filled' before the next rule 'is reached, or, inother Words, the

to `the Eli-ne before Iintrodncing-@the next space. For this purpose Ilpro'vide asensitive .indi-` cator1(shown in ,11,72, and 3) and "consieting 'of :a horizontally-sliding bar or feeler L, anountedon'the main frame, Wilthits for- 1 .wrdend'shaped andarranged for projection against the ylast matrix inthe line.

`'Ilo the stop-slide is pivoted an lndicator- 5 fin'geryl, arranged totrave'l over a Aplate Z,

also carried by the stop and graduated to indicate points or other units employed in the printing art. A

In the stop-slide G is mounted a horizontal spindle l2, adapted to be turned by hand and provided with a finger Z3, which may be turned against the slide L and at the same time against a stud Z4 on the pointer. The effect o'fthis action is to advance the slide L against the end of the line and also to move thepointer l so that it will indicate the distance through which the slide L is advanced. The backward movement of the slide L is limited. When brought 4to rest against the line, its rear end serves as a stationary stop for the finger Island limits the distance to Which the finger and the pointer l can be moved. This distance Will correspond With the distance existing for the moment between the stops G and H, or, in other Words, With the total width of thematrices required to fill the line outl to the position of the next rule or space. As a yconsequence the pointer Z Will indicateV on the scale at-any instant the number of.

units required 'or the number of matrices to be -insertedubefore the next space is introduced.

. While I prefer to retain the details of construction herein shoWn, it will be understood by the skilled mechanic that the parts may be VWidely varied in form and arrangement Without changing the general model of action or passing, beyond the vlimits of my invention.

I believe 4myself to be the first to combine with the assembler-slide or equivalent mem- ICO ber controlled by the 'expanding line :stop

devices and a gage or index plate to control the adjustment of these sto devices fand also the" first to combine with t e assembler-slide or its equivalent a detachable. gage or index late, so that one 'plate maybe ysubstituted or 'another to control the stop devices. also believe myself to be the first to'conrbine with the :assembling mechanism an indicator by which at any instant the operator may determine the number of units required to fill the existing line to a predetermined oint.

Having described my invention, W at I claim is A l. In a linotype'- achine, an assembling mechanisi comprising 'a member controlled by the line in course of composition, adjustable stop devices to controljt'he advance of said member, and a gage or index plate mov-4 able with said member as a means of setting the stop devices..

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.2. fIn a 'linotype-mac'hine, the assemb'lerjl slide yactuated by the matrix-line, in combination with an yadjustable stopte rpeatedly yarrest said slide, and :a gage orfm e carried by 'the slide -to cooperate with thev 3. In Aa slide E actuated by Vtt ,e linein 'course lOfcomposition, in combination with ajstop'adju'st flinotype-machi-ne, an assembler.

able lengthwise thereon, a stationary sto a detachable gagefplate I carried by t e s n e.

4. In combination with the assembler-slide E, a notched plate I carried thereby, a xed stop H, and a sto G ad'ustable lengthwise upon the slide an provi ed with a member to enter the plate I.

5. In a linotype-machjne, thecombination of an assembler-slide, means for arresting the same repeatedly in predetermined vpositions during the com osition of a line, and an indicator control ed by the line to show the Y hand, this 15th day of October, 1906, in the distance between the end of the line and the next stop.

6. In a linotype-machine, the combination of the assembler-slide, a feelerto act on the end of the matrix-line, and an indicator oarried by the matrix-slide and controlled by :o the feeler.

7. In combination Wit'h the assembler-slide E and feeler L, the indicator Z carried by the slide and controlled by the feeler.

8. In a linot e-machine, and in combination withl the assembler-slide E, a feeler L to act on the matrix-line, an indicator Z carried by the slide, and a manual device actuating the feeler and indicator.

9. In combination with the assembler-slide E, a feeler-slide L, the indicator Z, and an indicator-actuating device controlled by the Jeeler. A L l In testimony whereof I hereunto set my presence of two attesting witnesses.

LUTHER L. KENNEDY.A

Witnesses: A

JOHN R. ROGERS, DAVID S. KENNEDY, 

